Girth reducing device

Abstract

The invention includes a girth reducing device including a connector, an extension affixed to the connector and fasteners affixed to the extension. The connector may connect to a back band of a bra assembly and the fasteners affixed to the extension may connect to another back band of the bra assembly. The connections may be made in a manner that allows for a reduced girth of the bra from a smallest girth possible utilizing existing coupling systems of the bra.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A brassiere connector device for connecting a first back band of a brassiere to a second back band of the brassiere to reduce a circumferential length of the brassiere where the first back band extends from a first end adjacent a first cup of the brassiere to a second end and includes at least one fastening element positioned at the second end of the first back band, the second back band includes at least one fastening element positioned at an end of the second back band, said brassiere connector device comprising:
 a connector having at least one fastening element configured to fasten to the at least one fastening element positioned at the end of the second back band, said connector configured to adjustably secure to a fixed position on the first back band where said at least one fastening element of said connector is positioned between the first end of the first back band and the fastening element at the second end of the first back band. 
 
     
     
       2. The device of  claim 1  where said connector includes a clamping mechanism, said clamping mechanism configured to adjustably secure to the fixed position on the first back band. 
     
     
       3. The device of  claim 2  where said clamping mechanism is a clip. 
     
     
       4. The device of  claim 2  where said clamping mechanism includes an adjustable opening through which said connector receives the first back band. 
     
     
       5. The device of  claim 1  where said connector includes at least two fastening elements configured to fasten to fastening elements of the second back band. 
     
     
       6. The device of  claim 1  where said connector includes an extension, said at least one fastening element is secured to said extension. 
     
     
       7. The device of  claim 1  where said connector includes an opening configured to receive the first back band. 
     
     
       8. The device of  claim 6  where said connector is a clip and where said extension is affixed to said clip. 
     
     
       9. The device of  claim 6  where said extension is flexible. 
     
     
       10. The device of  claim 1  where said connector includes a plurality of fastening elements. 
     
     
       11. A brassiere comprising:
 a cup assembly having a first end and a second end; 
 a back band assembly, said back band assembly comprising:
 a first back band having a first end connected to said first end of said cup assembly; 
 a second back band having a first end connected to said second end of said cup assembly; and 
 a fastening system having first fasteners at a second end of said first back band and second fasteners at a second end of said second back band, where said second fasteners are capable of fastening to said first fasteners; and 
 
 a brassiere connector device, said brassiere connector device comprising: 
 a connector having at least one fastening element configured to fasten to at least one of said second fasteners, said connector configured to adjustably secure to a fixed position on said first back band where said at least one fastening element is positioned between said first end of said first back band and said first fasteners of said first back band. 
 
     
     
       12. The brassiere of  claim 11  where said connector includes a clamping mechanism securable in a fixed position on said first back band. 
     
     
       13. The brassiere of  claim 11  where said connector includes an extension, said at least one fastening element is secured to said extension. 
     
     
       14. The brassier of  claim 11  where said connector is configured to adjust and secure to said first back band at substantially any position along said first back band. 
     
     
       15. A method of connecting a first back band of a brassiere to a second back band of the brassiere to reduce a minimal circumferential length of the brassiere where the first back band extends from a first end adjacent a first cup of the brassiere to a second end and includes at least one fastening element positioned at the second end of the first back band, the second back band includes at least one fastening element positioned at an end of the second back band, said method comprising:
 connecting a connector to the first back band between the second end of the first back band and a strap that connects to the first back band, the connector including at least one fastening element; and 
 connecting the at least one fastening element of the connector to the at least one fastening element positioned at the end of the second back band 
 where said connecting the connector reduces the minimal circumferential length of the brassiere. 
 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 15  where said connecting a connector to the first back band includes fixedly connecting the connector at any position along the first back band between the strap and an inner-most fastener of the first back band. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 16  where said connecting a connector includes utilizing a connector having a clamping mechanism where the connector secures to a fixed position on the first back band. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 17  where the clamping mechanism includes an adjustable opening through which the connector receives the first back band.